TJ

UPDATED: probably my favorite book of all time. Especially interesting that in a story where the downfall of all characters stems from wanting to protect their reputation and put up a facade to others, it ends with sensei asking the narrator to protect his reputation from his wife even after his death.

Such a banger tho














OLD: 4.5/5 Incredibly good book. Only gripe is that it never comes back and continues the story of what happens with the narrator after he finishes reading sensei's letter. Also for whoever wrote the review that “sensei changes his whole life for something that would barely raise an eyebrow today” what in the fuck are you talking about? Although the book comments on how culture has changed, even today most people would agree that essentially inducing your best friend to commit suicide would raise a little more than an eyebrow.

Besides that, awesome book and I love soseki's writing style

PEAK
fastest I've read a book in years

Pretty good

Great book. It starts off strong and kinda falters towards the middle, but comes back with an incredible ending segment. Love the themes about the nature of human relationships, and murakami has incredible prose.

Life is a fragile thing.